If the Azovstal metallurgical plant is not restored, then the idea of u200bu200brealizing a resort town in Mariupol is quite feasible, the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin told the townspeople.
“The task is to make Mariupol a resort city, which was not possible before,” he said, adding that earlier the work of the Azovstal metallurgical plant negatively affected the ecology of the city and coastal waters.
“We will listen to the residents and do something different here. This will allow, if Azovstal is not restored, then make a resort city,” said the head of the DPR.
He stressed that such activities will create additional jobs and bring income to the region.
Earlier, the mayor of Mariupol Konstantin Ivashchenko and the official representative of the People's Militia of the DPR, Eduard Basurin, stated that there were no plans to restore work at the metallurgical plant.
The Ministry of Construction of Russia has begun to estimate how much the restoration of Donbass infrastructure will cost the country. Also the day before, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Marat Khusnullin came to Mariupol, he assessed the pace of restoration work and visited hospitals.
Recall that the possibility of reopening the production of steel products at Azovstal and continuing the work of the Mariupol plant was announced not so long ago in Metinvest.
Mariupol metallurgical plants can be restored and restarted by launching new iron and steel smelting technologies that were planned to be introduced several months ago, Metinvest CEO Yury Ryzhenkov said in an interview to CNN.
Recall that by 2050, Metinvest planned to produce all its steel in electric furnaces using direct reduced iron as part of the phase-out of sinter and coke, which will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 90% compared to the current level. To achieve the above, Metinvest intended to annually invest $1.3–1.5 billion in Mariupol plants over the next 3–4 years.
